Music Reviews
Animal Collective - Guy’s Eyes (Song)
Guy’s Eyes is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their 2009 record, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up with a somewhat confusing sound, I personally find the several layers of vocals to actually sound confusing at the start of this track rather than creating a whole and harmonious …
Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing At Baxter’s
Overview - After Bathing At Baxter’s, Jefferson Airplane’s third effort, continues and expands on the psychedelic sound that the band developed on their previous album, Surrealistic Pillow. This album is very energetic for the most part, although it does have some slightly more melodic songs as well as experimental …
Should’ve said no
should’ve said no by Taylor Swift is a beautiful song about how this guy cheated on his girl friend and he now realizes he should’ve said no. It just shows how we are all human and at times we do things spur of the moment with out thinking who …
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
Overview - A Saucerful Of Secrets, Pink Floyd’s second effort, basically abandons the extremely psychedelic, experimental, and chaotic tone that made their debut record, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, what it was. Although the band still does have some experimental parts, and creative at that, the mood …
Rock the Boat (2001): Aaliyah
Aaliyah
“Rock the Boat”
Aaliyah
Blackground/Virgin
Director: Hype Williams
Aaliyah reunites with another big-time music video director, Hype Williams, and close friend/dance choreographer, Fatima Robinson, for this second video outing from the self-titled album, “Aaliyah”. “Rock the Boat” depicts Aaliyah dancing on a tropical beach (this portion was said to be inspired by the …
Apocalyptica: Reflections
Well, I have been a fan of these guys for a while and when I heard that they were releasing another CD, I kind of had my doubts. I felt that these guys had reached their peaks at just having cellos and distortion effects in their music. But I …
I Quit by Hepburn
This song is so addictive!! And it’s been a long time since I heard this song, but I was so into it again because just now morning I was preparing myself after shower and I turned on the radio and I heard this song over the radio.
I …
Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind (Album)
Fall Be Kind is an EP released by Animal Collective to follow their previous EP release of Water Curses. I will say right now that I think Fall Be Kind is overall a very strong EP, but it does have one fairly large flaw to it which is that …
Roll The Stones tribute band
The other day I went to City Plaza in West Palm beach after I got off the tram. I watched them play at 8 pm when they started performing their upbeat songs like Jumpin Jack Flash, and I can’t get no satisfaction. The band was probably one of the …
Metallica And Lou Reed - Iced Honey (Song)
Iced Honey is a song by Lou Reed and Metallica which is the fifth track on their collaboration album Lulu. I’ll start out very positive and say that this is one of the better examples where Reed actually fits fairly well with the music behind him. The reason for …
Sebastian Bach - Angel Down (2007)
In my opinion, Sebastian Bach is one of the best singers on the planet. His days with Skid Row birthed some of the most memorable vocal performances in modern rock. It’s no secret that he was booted from the Row, and it’s no secret that a reunion …
Jefferson Airplane - Lather (Song)
Lather is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their album Crown Of Creation. The song starts off with a nice acoustic guitar part coming through the left channel before Grace Slick comes in with the vocals for the first verse. Thus far I enjoy the overall mood …
Rihanna
Rihanna has come into the musical industry with quite a bang. And although she hasn’t been that instantly famous as some superstars had been, right fro the start, she has been really working hard to get to the top. From her first album, she was known to a few …
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Overview - Dark Side Of The Moon, the album considered to be Pink Floyd’s best work and one of rock’s greatest albums in history, is primarily a record more on the mellow side, although still a very powerful album. Roger Waters did a lot less songwriting on this album …
Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-78
Ah good ole Rock & Roll. Who doesn’t remember Steve Miller? One of his most popular songs was the Joker. I love this song. Steve Miller band Greatest Hits 1974-78 has all the bands best songs on it. Wow so many great songs! Swingtown, Jungle love, Take the money …
A Country Boy Can Survive
Hank Williams Jr. sings a song called “A Country Boy Can Survive”. It is about how they grow a garden to supply a lot of their own food, they hunt and fish but don’t bother anyone else. That they are better prepared than the people who live in …
MXR Boost Line Driver
At my local MAE music store, I recently bought a new toy to add to my rig for my band. Since my band have been saying that my solos are often unaudible in the mix of our sound, I bought a Boost Line Driver by MXR. It was …
Rihanna - Take a bow
Take a bow is sad song from Rihanna, I think this song is the opposite from the famous Rihanna’s song, Umbrella, because this song it’s not cheer up and not energic.
This song is tell about a girl who always cheated by her boyfriend. He always forgiven, but he always …
Korn See you on the other side
Korn’s 7th album and first album on Virgin Records, the album was released in late 2005 taking a leap away from Nu Metal and into Industrial, the album title is a statement to fans who can understand the band going through a change, and for those that want to …
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 10″ (2005): R. Kelly
R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 10″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
R. Kelly’s tenth episode of the “Trapped In The Closet” series takes a turn for the worst as it becomes downright silly and stupid. PIcking up after Part 9 where Officer James discovers that his wife Bridget is cheating on him …
Miracle Drug (song by, u2)
U2 is an Irish rock band that has many albums, one of my favourite albums from them is entitled “How to dismantle an atomic bomb” and one of the songs featured on this CD is called Miracle Drug.
It starts off pretty slow, with the singer following the slow …
Oh, Hello - Circa Survive
It is a rare occasion to find a band that does not rely heavily on the use of heavy guitar riffs and power chords to get their music to sound energetic and progressive. Circa Survive is just one of these bands, and “Oh, Hello” is a perfect example of …
Days Of Elijah by Paul Wilbur
I like the sound of trumpet on this song Days of Elijah. It is truly splendid and was really messianic in touch as Paul Wilbur gets back people on the time of Israel’s King and forever will be reining King who is Christ Jesus.
The lyrics talk clearly about the …
Dixie Chicks: Wide Open Spaces CD
The music was good, but how the mighty Dixie Chicks have fallen. Years back, they became country music outcasts, right in the middle of being huge successes. They made some untoward comments about then President George Bush. It was their end singing country. I believe …
Dark Horse, Nickelback (Album)
Nickelbacks an amazing band, and there newest album Dark Horse has totally lived to the expectations ive had for it with the exception of some songs. There band has changed alot and for the better! I love Nickelbacks music because every song has a meaning and there songs people …
War, 1983 Album by U2
Trust me, this album is very special. I remember how I listened to this album for the first time, and how I was impressed by what I heard. I liked the debut album by U2, called Boy. I did not like the second album, October, at all. But then …
Smash The Control Machine - Otep
A band I respect a lot released an album this past summer titled “Smash The Control Machine.” This band, Otep, has been a favorite of mine for a while now and I was excited to hear the new album.
First I must say that I had high expectations for this …
Only Girl (In the World)- Rihanna
Rihanna has always been very bold throughout her music career but this just puts the icing on the cake. This song shows women can be powerful too, she puts a huge commanding vocal on throughout the whole song. She sells the point she is trying to make with this …
Television’s Greatest Hits - Volume 5: The 60’s and 70’s CD
Television’s Greatest Hits - Volume 5: The 60’s and 70’s is a collection of 65 TV themes on CD. Talk about fun. This CD transports the listening back in time to visit with old friends in all genres of television. A minute ago I listened to …
The Luniz: Operation Stackola CD
The Luniz album Operation Stackola is probably one of the best bay area albums to ever come out. This album is great and it is the album that has the hit song I Got 5 on It. This song was big on the radio and everywhere that people heard it. …
Phoenix’s album - Amadeus
When I first heard Phoenix’s new songs off of ‘Amadeus’ I found it to be absolutely amazing. My favorite tracks off it would have to be ‘Fences, and 1901′ the most popular tracks indeed. Although I found that after thorough listening, almost every song on the album began to …
Tame Impala - ‘Cause I’m a Man
‘Cause I’m A Man is a song off of Tame Impala’s latest album, Currents, and it has been my most played song of the last month. I originally heard the song while watching a YouTube video and paused it so I could figure out what song it was, and …
Neutral Milk Hotel - Untitled (Song)
Untitled is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the penultimate track on their second release, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. Something I should point out about this song is that it’s an instrumental, but ever since listening to The Fool, another instrumental earlier on this record, …
System Of A Down - Hypnotize
Overview —“ Hypnotize, the second half of System Of A Down’s double album release Mezmerize/Hypnotize, is a good album to pick off where Mezmerize left off and continue in a similar style, feel, and sound as the aforementioned album. I’m not positive but I believe that both were completed …
Reba McEntire: Greatest Hits, Volume Two CD
For me, Reba McEntire: Greatest Hits, Volume Two CD is worth it just for the first track, which is Does He Love You, the duet that became a smash hit with Reba and vocalist Linda Davis. This essentially launched Linda into her own career. It’s one powerful, …
Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys was a really successful musical group during the mid 90’s. The came to the scene at the absolutely right time, when boy bands were really popular. Previously, the contemporary boy bands that were out there were mainly European. When Backstreet Boys came to the scene, they have …
The Flaming Lips - Staring At Sound/With You Reprise (Song)
Staring At Sound/With You (Reprise) is a song by The Flaming Lips and either the penultimate or final track on the band’s debut album, Hear It Is. While most copies of this album will have this song as the final track, early copies feature a bonus track entitled Summertime …
Downtown (1993): SWV
Artist: SWV
Video: “Downtown”
Album: It’s About Time
Label: RCA Records
“Downtown” is the fourth single and music video off of SWV’s “It’s About Time” debut album, following “Right Here” (as well as “Right Here - Human Nature Mix”), “I’m So Into You”, and “Weak”. “Downtown” is filled with both sexual and sensual …
Loving the Boyz II Men
I rarely appreciate R & B music and thinks these songs are just plain addition to the music genre but does not have “sense” to begin with. I guess I was proved wrong when Boyz II Men have emerged from the scene and made it well in the charts, …
System Of A Down - Question! (Music Video)
Overview —“ Question, the second music video and single released by System Of A Down for the first half of Mezmerize/Hypnotize is an extremely melodic song which has an intensity similar to Bring Your Own Bombs, but the sense of melody that this song has is just excellent, Tankian …
Seattle song
Seattle, written by Hugo Montenegro, Jack Keller and Ernie Sheldon, has been around for quite a while. It was written for the TV series, Here Come the Brides, in 1969. The series in its first season used an instrumental version, but then in the second season they …
Marshall JVM 210H head
I recently purchased something awesome from the Marshall line of Amplifiers. What I bought was the Marshall JVM 210H head and I just love the tone out of this amp. The head came with a channel board that came with 6 foot switchable presets you can get out of …
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (Song)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street is a film by Tim Burton which stars Johnny Depp as the title character, Sweeney Todd. The basis of this story is that Todd, previously named Benjamin Barker, is a man who was banished from a town because the judge …
Cream - Fresh Cream
Overview - Fresh Cream, Cream’s debut album, is an album mixed with psychedelic rock and also blues rock, with a lot of great musicianship in between. All the members of Cream really impressed me on this album: Jack Bruce had some excellent basslines that really left me wanting to …
Finger Eleven - Them Vs. You Vs. Me
Canadian rockers Finger Eleven have been kicking it now for more than eleven years. From the underground smart-grunge sounds of their 1997 debut album “Tip” to the emotive and acoustic-laden drones of 2003’s self-titled outing, they’ve managed to run the gamut within the confines of alternative hard rock.
But with …
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Overview - Disraeli Gears, Cream’s second album, is a great musical album and has strong vocal performances as well in just about every track on here. I will say that most of the record is more laid back and mellow but they’re are still some great energetic tracks on …
The Velvet Underground - Beginning To See The Light (Song)
Beginning To See The Light is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their album of the same name. The track opens up with a guitar riff and Lou Reed wasting no time with the accompanying vocals joining in immediately as well. Reed’s vocal melody throughout the …
Pink Floyd - Poles Apart (Song)
Poles Apart is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their record The Division Bell. The song starts off quietly before the volume gradually increases to reveal Gilmour’s guitar part as well as some keyboard parts from Wright. Gilmour takes lead vocals on the track with a melody …
Life Goes On (video) LeAnn Rimes
I love LeAnn Rimes. The first time I heard the song How do I live I love her already. She has the most powerful vocal range although she sings it with less effort and she sounds country. Not only that, during that time I discovered her, I thought she …
Animal Collective - People (Song)
People is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their 2006 EP of the same name. Taking about a minute to introduce the track, a heavy percussive rhythm enters the song after about a minute in which gives the song a more definitive rhythm and I’m currently liking …
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